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Eric Gregg

9:16

Tim Tebow interviewing for manager job right after the series

Dan Szymborski

9:16

player-manager-GM

Morbo

9:16

Fun fact: Tommy Edmond's season prorated to a full season has been worth ≈6.0 war

Dan Szymborski

9:16

Edman wasn't *that* far from making my NL ROY ballot

Guest

9:17

Which recent traded Cubs prospect/player hurts them to think about? Torres? Jimenez? Soler? Cease? Vogelbach??? Cub fans, you can voluntarily exempt yourself from answering.

Tony Wolfe

9:17

Torres

Craig Edwards

9:17

I'm assuming it is Jimenez because Quintana is underrated and came after the World Series.

Silver Skis

9:19

Is Rendon going to do better than the $210 mil he might potentially be turning down?

Tony Wolfe

9:19

God I hope so

Craig Edwards

9:20

Doesn't hurt to find out. He's basically the only guy out there and it's not like the Nats are going to spend their available money on a starting pitcher.

Dan Szymborski

9:20

I think he can do better. It's worth the risk; he's too good to get Keucheled

Backup Catchers

9:20

Raudy Read sounds like a NASCAR driver

Lunar verLander

9:20

...There's no way "Timonium" is an actual word

Tony Wolfe

9:20

I don't think he'll get $300 million, but I think somewhere in the $250-$260 million range sounds doable

Dan Szymborski

9:20

It's right next to Cockeysville

Morbo

9:20

I allowed my phone's talk to text to spell Edman wrong and have brought great shame to myself and my family

Alex

9:21

When will Acuña surpass Trout as baseball’s best player? 2021? 2022? Never?

Dan Szymborski

9:21

Do you guys want a VERY preliminary ZiPS for Rendon contract?

twb

9:22

never

yes please

Tony Wolfe

9:22

like out-WARs him once or for 2-3 years in a row?

Craig Edwards

9:23

I think post-Trout, it will probably rotate around between players like Pujols and A-Rod post-Bonds.

The George Lopez

9:23

Will Rendon surpass Machado's AAV?

Craig Edwards

9:23

I have a feeling we are going to be hearing a lot about Rendon's age in the next few months. I'll say lower.

Fire Adam Gase

9:24

How much of the Yankees interest in Gerrit Cole will depend on how far they make it this postseason?

Tony Wolfe

9:24

Little

Craig Edwards

9:25

Not too much. They really need him, either way, plus a short run in the postseason amplifies that while a long run in the postseason gives them a lot more money to afford him.

Cardinal Fan 2

9:25

Craig, it seems like Tyler O’Neill is going to be traded this offseason? Ugh

Craig Edwards

9:25

There are scenarios where he comes back. Hard to know what kind of value he has.

Dan Szymborski

9:26

ZiPS suggests 7/228 for Rendon

Tony Wolfe

9:26

They pretty much know what their rotation looks like, I'd imagine, so they're either poised to offer him a humongous deal or they're not. But I don't think that will change in the next couple weeks unless something catastrophic happens to Gerrit himself

Cardinal Fan 2

9:26

Also, they’re probably trading Wong? Also ugh

Craig Edwards

9:26

Wait, what? Why would they do that?

Barry G

9:28

Reds need bats and have money to spend, does signing Grandal and Didi theoretically get them in the hunt?

Craig Edwards

9:28

They will need some things to break right, but that probably gets them close.

Tony Wolfe

9:28

They still need OFers, but that plugs two enormous holes

psweeting

9:28

Does Mookie stay in Boston? I thought yes but keep reading articles that say he might get traded

Craig Edwards

9:29

I just don't see them trading him. It doesn't make sense for a team presumably trying to win next year. I could see them letting Martinez walk.

Cardinals Fan 2

9:29

Most tradeable contract on the team, Bill Dewitt’s reluctance to raise payroll, Tommy Edman’s emergence, etc

Fangraph’s Lurker

9:29

Which no longer good but has name recognition veteran do the Rockies sign this offseason to play a different position or OF?

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